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FreeBSD update for bind
Secunia Advisory: SA10317
Release Date: 2003-12-01
Popularity: 6,986 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2003-0914


Description:
FreeBSD has issued updated packages for bind. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited to poison the DNS cache with negative entries.

For more information:
SA10300

Solution:
Upgrade or patch.

Upgrade to:

4.9-STABLE
RELENG_5_1
RELENG_4_9
RELENG_4_8
RELENG_4_7

Patches:

FreeBSD 4.9 and -STABLE
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:19/bind-836.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:19/bind-836.patch.asc

FreeBSD 4.8 and 5.1
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:19/bind-834.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:19/bind-834.patch.asc

FreeBSD 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, and 5.0
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:19/bind-833.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-03:19/bind-833.patch.asc

Original Advisory:
bind8 negative cache poison attack
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-03:19.bind.asc

Other References:
SA10300:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10300/


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